This Article shall constitute an independent authorization for a
housing authority to undertake the development or administration of projects to
assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in
national defense activities as provided in this Article and for a housing
authority to cooperate with, or act as agent for, the federal government in the
development or administration of similar projects by the federal government. A
housing authority may do any and all things necessary or desirable to cooperate
with, or act as agent for, the federal government, or to secure financial aid,
in the expeditious development or in the administration of projects to assure
the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national
defense activities and to effectuate the purposes of this Article. (1941, c. 63, s. 7.)